Engaging the English Language Learner
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South Dakota, United States
About the store
I have been teaching for twelve years in Title I multicultural schools in MN, AZ, and SD. I have taught 1st and 2nd grade regular education classes as well as sheltered ELL classes for students in grades Kindergarten-5th. I am SEI (Structured English Immersion) and ENL (English as a New Language) Endorsed and hold a Master's Degree in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction. In addition to teaching in the elementary setting I also teaching graduate and undergraduate level courses on English language development in conjunction with local universities.
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Sight Word Cookie Snatcher
Have your students learn their sight words with this “Old Maid” spin-off! Twenty-one of the most frequently used Dolch Pre-Primer sight words are listed on cookie cards. Simply print off the cards, cut, and laminate! When ready for game play, students shuffle the cards and distribute one to each player until all the cards are gone. Students ask one another if he/she has a particular sight word with the goal of finding the most matches. But, watch out for the cookie snatcher! He is in the m
PreK - 1st
Reading, Writing
Daily Writing Conventions Practice: Find-It, Fix-It Sequencing
Mrs. Riddle's Find-It, Fix-It Daily Writing Conventions Practice (Theme: Sequencing Events)
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Do your students need to work on the six traits skill of conventions? Tired of doing the same-old daily oral language practice? Try Mrs. Riddle's Find-It, Fix-It theme pages! They are great for practice with conventional errors in writing, plus they go along with themes you already are teaching in other content areas such as science and social studies. Stude
K - 2nd
English Language Arts
Mrs.Riddle's Short A Word Family Interactive Whiteboard Activities
Mrs. Riddle's Short A Word Family Interactive Whiteboard Activities
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Are you looking for a fun and easy way to teach or reinforce word families? Do you want some easy-to-use, yet engaging interactive whiteboard activities? Look no longer! Try Mrs. Riddle's Short A Word Family Activities! In this set of 14 lessons, students engage in word family hands-on activities and games using the interactive whiteboard system. These lessons focus on the -at
K - 2nd
Reading
Friendly Letter Writing Printables
Wanting to teach your students about writing friendly letters? Needing to send a thank you note to a guest speaker or volunteer? This printable set includes twelve fun friendly letter writing templates for student use. Students just need to add in the date, complete the greeting, write the body of the letter, and add their signature. Simply choose the template that would work best for your students and purpose, print, and get to work writing!
K - 8th
Balanced Literacy, For All Subjects, Writing
Getting Acquainted Bingo for Buddies
Mrs. Riddle's Getting Acquainted Bingo for Buddies
Do you have a buddy classroom system with an older or younger grade level? Are you looking for ideas to break the ice and get the older and younger students working as a team? If so, then this is the game for you. Pair off an older student with a younger student and give each pair a copy of the bingo form. Set a time limit and have pairs meet other pairs, asking those they meet if either person in the group can sign his/her name to a box st
PreK - 6th
Mrs. Riddle's Middle Sound Memory
Mrs. Riddle's Middle Sound Memory
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Looking for a fun way to improve your student's ability to recognize middle sounds in simple consonant-vowel-consonant words? Try Mrs. Riddle's Middle Sound Memory! Print the attached cards on cardstock for an instant learning center game! Students will play traditional memory to match the picture with the vowel that is found in the word. A super student pleaser!
K - 2nd
English Language Arts
Mrs. Riddle's Beginning Sound Old Maid Game
Mrs. Riddle's Beginning Sound Old Maid Game
Looking for a fun way to improve your student's ability to recognize beginning sounds in words? Try Mrs. Riddle's Beginning Sound Old Maid Game! Print the attached cards on cardstock for an instant learning center game! Students will play traditional old maid with a partner or small group to match the picture with the beginning sound that is found in the word. A super student pleaser!
K - 2nd
English Language Arts
Mrs. Riddle's Rhyming Words Memory Variation
Rhyming Words Memory is a great game to get your students excited about rhyming words! Now use these additional variation cards to practice more rhyming pairs! Not only are students matching rhyming word sets, they are also spelling the words prior to playing. Simply print on cardstock and cut them out! These are great for centers, cooperative learning, or independent practice. They also make great flashcards.
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Spelling
Daily Writing Conventions Practice: Find-It, Fix-It Solar System
Mrs. Riddle's Find-It, Fix-It Daily Writing Conventions Practice (Theme: Solar System)
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Do your students need to work on the six traits skill of conventions? Tired of doing the same-old daily oral language practice? Try Mrs. Riddle's Find-It, Fix-It theme pages! They are great for practice with conventional errors in writing, plus they go along with themes you already are teaching in other content areas such as science and social studies. Stude
K - 3rd
English Language Arts
CVC Puzzles
Students will love to practice their sounding out skills with these fun self-checking CVC puzzles! Simply print, laminate the 16 puzzles included. Cut each one on the dotted line, resulting in 3 pieces per puzzle. Place in a center for loads of fun!
PreK - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Spelling
Homophone Memory
Mrs. Riddle's Homophone Memory Game
Homophone memory is a great game to get your students excited about homophones! Simply print on cardstock and cut them out! These are great for centers, cooperative learning, or independent practice. They also make great flashcards. Additional cards are available on my site for game variation.
1st
Grammar
Five Star Writing Dice
After completing a piece of writing a student will roll the dice and self-edit for the area he or she landed on. This product can be used during writing workshop, journal writing, Daily 5, etc. to encourage students to self-edit. Each student can roll or the teacher can roll for the entire group. The file is differentiated for emergent and advanced writers and can be modified to meet your individual student's needs.
K - 5th
English Language Arts, Writing
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About the store
Experience
I have been teaching for twelve years in Title I multicultural schools in MN, AZ, and SD. I have taught 1st and 2nd grade regular education classes as well as sheltered ELL classes for students in grades Kindergarten-5th. I am SEI (Structured English Immersion) and ENL (English as a New Language) Endorsed and hold a Master's Degree in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction. In addition to teaching in the elementary setting I also teaching graduate and undergraduate level courses on English language development in conjunction with local universities.
Teaching style
For English language learners I believe in creating lessons that follow the SIOP framework with a particular emphasis on comprehensible input and output as outlined by Stephen Krashen. All of my lessons strive to include a focus on new language acquisition in the form of meaningful engagement in the areas of reading, writing, listening, and speaking. My objective is to create purposeful language learning experiences for my students by following the teaching and learning cycle and continually improving my craft as a teacher.
Awards & shining teacher moments
*Employee of the Month
*Mentor Teacher to Student Teachers and Interns
*Graduated Summa Cum Laude, South Dakota State University Graduate program
*Awarded numerous grants for my classroom and school
My own education history
Bachelor's Degree (2004)
Concordia College
Moorhead, MN
Elementary Education
Graduated with Highest Honors, Education Department
Master's Degree (2012)
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD
Elementary Education Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in English as a New Language
Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Top of my class (2012 graduates)
Additional biographical information
Above all, I believe in establishing a community of respect and safety that lowers the affective filter for English language learners. I utilize an ethnographic approach to learning more about my students and families so I can meet their needs and get to know them not just as students and parents but as individuals. I often find I learn much more from them than they do from me as their teacher.
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